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Iowa football player fights for his life following brain surgery, and his family blames in-team bullying for his injuries

An Iowa football player is fighting for his life after suffering from a blood clot near his brain stem and other head injuries. Yet, in this case, football may not actually be the culprit that leaves his life at risk. Rather, his mother is claiming that his injuries were likely caused by bullying from his football teammates.

Days later, Strough began to show signs of significant head trauma. First he allegedly began suffering from severe headaches, with speech problems and, finally, significant paralysis of the left side of his body following. Throughout it all, the younger Strough was repeatedly taken to the doctor, but nothing improved his condition until he finally reached a threshold where the surgical procedure became necessary.

While the Strough family is adamant that the injury was brought on by team bullying, the Bedford school district remains hesitant, with the superintendent announcing that an investigation is ongoing, but warning that any discpline would likely be delayed until after Kacey Strough recovered from his induced coma.

That provides little respite to the teen's relatives, who have been all to happy to sound the trumpet of concern over the actions that allegedly led to their son's dire condition.

"This kid's going to pay for the rest of his life for something an adult could've stopped," Chris Strough said.